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We have heard a couple of reports recently of alpacas starving with grass all around them - one actually died of malnutrition!
We
suggest that you body condition score your alpacas regularly to monitor
if they are maintaining a healthy weight. Especially if you have long
grass! You don't want to get caught out!
Alpacas can feed from
pasture all the year around, but if the grass is to long it may be
difficult for them to eat it - so be prepared to top in summer if
necessary. Topping works well if just done a strip at at time. The
alpacas will come along and eat up the grass - and fresh nutritious
shoots will start to grow.
The correct siting of water, feed
troughs and shelter, is ideally on different sides of the paddocks ,
encouraging the animals to move around and achieve optimum grazing.
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